HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY FINAL STUDY
SCRIPT 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS
●● Structuralism. Answer: early school of thought promoted by Wundt
and Titchener; used introspection to reveal the structure of the human
mind
●● Functionalism. Answer: early school of thought promoted by James
and influenced by Darwin; explored how mental and behavioral
processes function- how they enable the organism to adapt, survive, and
flourish
●● Experimental Psychology. Answer: the branch of psychology
concerned with the scientific investigation of basic psychological
processes such as learning, memory, and cognition in humans and
animals.
●● Behaviorism. Answer: the science of behavior that focuses on
observable behavior only
●● Humanistic Psychology. Answer: an approach to understanding
human nature that emphasizes the positive potential of human beings
, ●● Cognitive Psychology. Answer: the scientific study of mental
processes, including perception, thought, memory, and reasoning
●● Psychology. Answer: the scientific study of behavior and mental
processes
●● Nature-Nurture Issue. Answer: the longstanding controversy over the
relative contributions that genes and experience make to the
development of psychological traits and behaviors. Today's science sees
traits and behaviors arising from the interaction of nature and nurture
●● Natural Selection. Answer: the principle that, among the range of
inherited trait variations, those contributing to reproduction and survival
will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations
●● Levels of Analysis. Answer: the differing complementary views,
from biological to psychological to social-cultural, for analyzing any
given phenomenon
●● Biopsychosocial approach. Answer: an integrated approach that
incorporates biological, psychological, and social-cultural levels of
analysis
●● Behavioral Psychology. Answer: the scientific study of observable
behavior, and its explanation by principles of learning
SCRIPT 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS
●● Structuralism. Answer: early school of thought promoted by Wundt
and Titchener; used introspection to reveal the structure of the human
mind
●● Functionalism. Answer: early school of thought promoted by James
and influenced by Darwin; explored how mental and behavioral
processes function- how they enable the organism to adapt, survive, and
flourish
●● Experimental Psychology. Answer: the branch of psychology
concerned with the scientific investigation of basic psychological
processes such as learning, memory, and cognition in humans and
animals.
●● Behaviorism. Answer: the science of behavior that focuses on
observable behavior only
●● Humanistic Psychology. Answer: an approach to understanding
human nature that emphasizes the positive potential of human beings
, ●● Cognitive Psychology. Answer: the scientific study of mental
processes, including perception, thought, memory, and reasoning
●● Psychology. Answer: the scientific study of behavior and mental
processes
●● Nature-Nurture Issue. Answer: the longstanding controversy over the
relative contributions that genes and experience make to the
development of psychological traits and behaviors. Today's science sees
traits and behaviors arising from the interaction of nature and nurture
●● Natural Selection. Answer: the principle that, among the range of
inherited trait variations, those contributing to reproduction and survival
will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations
●● Levels of Analysis. Answer: the differing complementary views,
from biological to psychological to social-cultural, for analyzing any
given phenomenon
●● Biopsychosocial approach. Answer: an integrated approach that
incorporates biological, psychological, and social-cultural levels of
analysis
●● Behavioral Psychology. Answer: the scientific study of observable
behavior, and its explanation by principles of learning
